Senior Software Engineer

Company:

Cox Automotive - USA

Job Family Group:

Engineering / Product Development

Job Profile:

Sr Software Engineer

Management Level:

Individual Contributor

Travel %:

Yes, 5% of the time

Work Shift:

Day (United States of America)

Job Description:

This position is hybrid, located in our Mission, KS office. Successful candidates must live in, or relocate to Kansas City, or the surrounding area, and work from the office at least 1 day per week.

The Sr. Software Engineer writes and maintains code within applications and systems to implement capabilities and features, improve performance and maintainability, while reducing technical debt in alignment with product and technology roadmaps. The Sr. Software Engineer plays a role in Agile planning, providing advice and guidance, and monitoring emerging trends.

Responsibilities

• Works with Product Management to understand the challenges that customers and end users face in their day-to-day work and partner with them to design viable solutions.
• Recommends viable solutions to processes, technology, and interfaces that improve the effectiveness of the team and reduce technical debt.
• Foresees capacity requirements for component usage and identifies limitations.
• Provides input into story sizing, backlog grooming, and release planning.
• Contributes to product and solution designs to address critical issues and complex problems.
• Builds software applications across multiple platforms in response to the needs of stakeholders.
• Understands technical architecture and writes software and automated tests that are aligned with agreed upon standards.
• Performs trouble-shooting efforts and investigations when necessary.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field and 5+ years of working experience; OR equivalent combination of industry related professional experience and education.
• Professional experience coding within multiple technology stacks - C#, .Net, Git, NoSQL, Web APIs, TypeScript, Node.js, NewRelic/Splunk, Cypress, REST
• Experience with AWS (S3, Lambda, API Gateway, SQS, Terraform, CloudFront, CloudWatch, RDS, CodePipeline, CodeDeploy)
• Experience with RESTful services
• Working experience in design, development, and implementation of highly scalable, high-volume software systems and components, client-facing web applications, and major Internet-oriented applications and systems.
• Working experience realizing applications from conception and design to implementation and support.

• Working experience with application lifecycle methodologies (e.g., agile, iterative).
• Working experience in analysis, design, and programming.
• Working experience with appropriate database technology.

Preferred:

• Experience with GitHub Actions, Docker, Terraform will be preferred.
• Web API and cloud technologies preferred.
• Experience with NoSQL preferred

Drug Testing:

To be employed in this role, you'll need to clear a pre-employment drug test. Cox Automotive does not currently administer a pre-employment drug test for marijuana for this position. However, we are a drug-free workplace, so the possession, use or being under the influence of drugs illegal under federal or state law during work hours, on company property and/or in company vehicles is prohibited.

About Us:

Through groundbreaking technology and a commitment to stellar experiences for drivers and dealers alike, Cox Automotive employees are transforming the way the world buys, owns, sells - or simply uses - cars. Cox Automotive employees get to work on iconic consumer brands like Autotrader and Kelley Blue Book and industry-leading dealer-facing companies like vAuto and Manheim, all while enjoying the people-centered atmosphere that is central to our life at Cox. Benefits of working at Cox may include health care insurance (medical, dental, vision), retirement planning (401(k)), and paid days off (sick leave, parental leave, flexible vacation/wellness days, and/or PTO). For more details on what benefits you may be offered, visit our benefits page. Cox is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer - All qualified applicants/employees will receive consideration for employment without regard to that individual's age, race, color, religion or creed, national origin or ancestry, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, physical or mental disability, veteran status, genetic information, ethnicity, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law. Cox provides reasonable accommodations when requested by a qualified applicant or employee with disability, unless such accommodations would cause an undue hardship.